Northern Ireland, a land where thick wilderness is only paused by open green fields that lead to ancient castles and rugged coastline, has stolen many a scene from the actors of HBO’s fantasy drama Game Of Thrones during its eight seasons. If you want to take an epic Game of Thrones road trip, this is the place to do it.

The man charged with finding those jaw-dropping settings for the majority of its on-location scenes is Robbie Boake, a location scout based out of Belfast. “This is a beautiful country and almost all of the natural world places seen in the show are just as they appear,” says Boake. “I don’t think people know how varied our terrain is, and how many different domains it has portrayed.”

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